Coin-controlled striking-machine.



No. 694,335( Patented Feb. 25, I902.

C. J. THENAN 8|. W. A. NOURSE.

COIN CONIROLLED STBIKING MACHINE. (Application filed Feb}, 1901.)

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COlN CONTROLLED STBIKING MACHINE.

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OHARLES J. TI-IENAN AND WALTER A. NOURSE, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

COIN-CONTROLLED STRlKlNG-MACHINE.

'srno'IFIcA'rroN forming part of Letters Patent No 694,335, datedFebruary 25, 1902. Application filed Iehrnary' l, 1901. Serial No.45,870. (No model.)

To aZ Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES J. THENAN and WALTER A. NOURSE, citizens ofthe.

United States, residing at Lansing, county of Ingham, State of Michigan,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in (Join- OontrolledStriking-Machines; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilledin the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

Our invention has for its object a coin-controlled striking-machine; andit consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of deviceshereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation. Fig. 2 is aview of portions of the mechanism in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a'view ofportions of the mechanism in front elevation-showing the case open andthe punching-bar in crossseotion. Fig. 4 is a detail view of features ofthe runway and related parts in side elevation. Fig. 5 is a View of thesame in front elevation showing portions in vertical section. Fig. 6 isa view of features of the mechanism in vertical section and in sideelevation. Fig. 7 is a view in plan showing the dial-rod in horizontalsection. Fig. 8 is a view of the dial in rear elevation, parts beingshown also in vertical section. Fig. 9 is a view of'details of the dialmechanism in front elevation, showing the dial-plate removed. Fig. 10 isa view of the dial in vertical section.

Our invention has in view more particularly a coin-controlledstriking-machine provided with a striking-pad to receive a blow andwhereby the force of the blow will be indicated upon a dial. While we donot limit ourselves to any particular housing of the striking mechanism,we have shown in Fig. l a housing for said mechanism in a representationof a human form or figure.

\Ve carry out our invention as follows:

An inclosing case is shown at a for certain portions of the mechanism,-the same being supported in any suitable manner, as uponsupporting-brackets b b,- engaged upon a rear upright support 0. \Vithinthe case is engaged a supporting-plate d, to which is fulcrumed a bellcrank lever e, as indicated at f. Toward the base of thesupporting-plate is fulcrumed a lever g, as indicated at h, the lovers eand 9 being connected by a connecting-rod 2'. A rack-barj is elevated bythe operation of the lever g, said rack-bar being engaged with adial-rod 7a. The dial-rod for actuating the dial Z is preferably made intwo parts 1 and 2,having an intervening spring m between their adjacentends, the adjacent ends of the two portions of the dial-rod providedwith collars or nuts 3 and 4 to engage the extremities of the spring m.An additional spring or may also be engaged with one of the portions ofthe dial-rod, as upon the portion 2, the spring on being employed tocushion the blow, while the spring n is employed to restore the dial-rodto normal position. The springs m n, with the adjacent ends of the twoportions of the'dial-rods l and 2, may be housed in a casing 19. Theportion 2 of the dial-rod is provided with a collar 5, the upper portionof the casing 19 being also formed with a cap 6, the spring at beinglocated between the collar 5 and the cap 6, as shown.

A punching-pad of any suitable construction is shown at q, said padhaving a yield ing engagement with the case a. To this end the pad maybe supported upon cushioned rods7 of anysuitable number, four suchrodsbeing indicated in the accompanying drawings, two at each side of thecase a, said rods being cushioned by springs 8, the rods being shownpassed through corresponding sleeves 9 and held in engagement with thecase a by nuts, (indicated at 10,) and by means of which nuts also thesprings 8 may be given any desired tension. a cushioned rod, preferablyat the center of the pad, (indicated at 1 provided with a spring 5, therod 0" being preferably sleeved through guide-brackets t t, engaged withthe plate (Z. The rear end of the rodris arranged to actuate thebell-crank lever e and to throw the lower end of said lever rearward,rocking said lever on its fulcrum f, throwing downward theconnecting-rod i and the adjacent end of the lever 9 upon its fulcrum hand elevating the rack-bar jwith a dial-rod 7c.

The pad is also engaged with The pawl u is preferably reciprocatory in aguideway 2;, normally engaging with the rack j to hold the rack-bar in agiven position. A spring 41 normally holds said pawl in engagein entwith the rack-bar. To permit the actuation of the pawl u, we employcoin-controlling mechanism embodying a coin-runway w, constructed toadmit a coin, as at or, a coin being indicated at y, Fig. 4. The pawluis provided with an arm .2, projecting into the runway to and normallyinto the path of the coin 'y, the coin when first dropped into the runway descending to the point of contact with the arm Mechanism isprovided whereby pressure may then be applied upon the coin contactingwith the arm 2 to force said arm out of the path of the coin runway,permitting the coin to descend thereby, the retraction of the arm 2obviously retracting the pawl 'Lt from its engagement with the rackbarj;To accomplish this end, the lever 11 is provided, which may convenientlybe fulcrumed to a bracket 12, as indicated at 13, the forward end of thelever being extended through a guide-plate 14, constructed with aguide-slot 15, in which plate is formed the opening a: for the admissionof a coin into the runway. With said lever 11 is connected a rod 16,provided with a retracting-spring 17, said rod provided with aspring-arm 18, projecting at its lower end into an elongated slot 19 inthe coin-runway. The spring-arm 18 may be united with the rod 16 by acollar 20 and set-screw 21, so that it may be readily adjusted upon therod, as may be desired. The lower end of the spring 18 is formed with afoot 22, beveled on its upper surface, as indicated in Fig. 5, andwhereby when the rod 16 is elevated the beveled face of the springcontacting with the upper wall of the slot 19 will be retracted out ofthe path of the coin y. When, however, the rod 16 is forced downward bythe operation of the lever 11,

the foot of the spring by the tension of the spring will be projectedinto the path of the runway and upon the top of the coin 11 so that uponthe further descent of the rod 16 dropping into a coin-receptacle 23.

the spring-arm 18 will force the coin downward, thereby retracting thepawl u, permitting the coin to descend'past the arm 2 and When the pawlhas been retracted from the rackbarj, a blow upon the pad q will elevatethe rack-bar, together with the dial-rod 70, as hereinbefore described.The rod 16 may be guided in its reciprocation by being sleeved throughthe case aand through a bracket 24, toward the lower end thereof, and anadditional retracting-spring may also be preferably employed, with meansfor adjusting the tension of the spring 23, as a collar 26 and set-screw27. The spring 17 may have its tension adjusted also by means of acollar 28 and set-screw 29.

The dial may be of any suitable construction. As shown, it embodies aframe 30, in which is journaled a ratchet-wheel 31, as

upon a shaft 32. Engaged upon said shaft is an arm 33. A pawl 34 engagesthe ratchetwheel 31, upon theshaft of which is a releasing-pawl 35. Withthe upper end of the dial-rod is engaged a yoke 36, reciprocatorythrough the framework and provided with a dog 37, arranged to strike thereleasingpawl 35 to release the pawl 34 from the ratchetwheel. The yoke36. is provided with a shoulder 38 to contact with the arm 33 tooscillate the shaft 32, said shaft extending through the dial-plate 39and provided with a customary indicator 42, to traverse the dial plate,and with a customary spring 43. A spring 40 retracts the pawl 34 intoengagement with the ratchet-wheel 31. The actuation of the indicatorwill now be understood. A coin being inserted into the runway and thelever 11 beingactuated, the pawl u is withdrawn from engagement with therackbar j. A blow upon the pad 17 operates the bell-crank e andmechanism related therewith, as above described, to elevate the rackbar3' and the dial-rod, the elevation of the dial-rod releasing the pawl 34by contact with the pawl 35, and contacting with the arm 33 rotates theshaft 32 of the dial, causing the indicator to traverse the dial-platetoindicate the force of the blow'struck upon the p Instead of a dial anyother registering or indicating device may be employed.

It will be seen that'the levers e and g, with their connecting-rods 2,form a train of levers for the accomplishment of the desired end.

What we claim as our invention is l. Ina striking-machine, an indicatingdevice, a rod to actuate saiddevice, alocking device to lock said rod,mechanism to disengage said locking device, a bell-crank lever,'anadditional lever to actuate said rod, a connecting-rod connecting saidlevers,and means for actuating said levers.

2. In a striking-machine, an indicating device, a reciprocatory rack-barconnected with said device, a pawl to engage the rack-bar, mechanism todisengage the pawl from the rack-bar, a bell-crank lever, an additionallever to actuate the rack-bar, a connectingrod connecting said levers,and means for actuating said levers.

3. In a striking-machine, an indicating device, a rod to actuate saiddevice, a locking device to lock said rod, mechanism to disengage thelocking device, a bell-crank lever, an additional lever to actuate saidrod, a connecting-rod connecting said levers, and a striking-pad toactuate said levers.

4. In a striking-machine, an indicating device, a rod to actuate saiddevice, a locking device to lock said rod, mechanism to disen gage thelocking device, a bell-crank lever, an additional lever to actuate saidrod, a connecting-rod connecting said levers,a strikingpad, meansengaging said pad with said levers to actuate the levers,and means toretract said pad.

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5 disengage the locking device, a striking-pad,

spring actuated rods supporting said pad, and an additionalspring-actuated rod to actuate said levers when a blow is struck uponthe pad.

6. In a striking-machine, an indicating'dew vice, a rod to actuate saiddevice, a locking device to lock said rod, mechanism to disengage saidlocking device,a be1l-crank lever, an additional lever to actuate saidrod when the locking device is released therefrom, a 'connecting-rodconnecting said'levers,and means for actuating said levers.

7. In a striking-machine, an indicating de vice, a rack-bar, a rodconnecting the rackbar with the indicating device, means to" cushionsaid rod, a locking-pawl to engage the rack-bar, levers to actuate therack-bar, mechanism to retract the pawl, and a yielding pad to actuatesaid levers.

8. In a strikingrmachine, an indicating device, a rack-bar, a rodconneoting'the'rackbar with the indicating device, means to cushion saidrod, a locking-pawl to engage the rack-bar, a bell-crank lever, anadditional lever to actuate the rack-bar, a connecting rod connectingsaid levers, mechanism to retract the pawl, and a yielding device toactuate said levers.

9. In a striking-machine, the combination of a case, an uprightsupporting-plate, a train of levers engaged with said plate, anindicating device, a rack-bar to actuate said device actuated by saidlevers, means to actuate said levers, a locking device to engage the,rackbar, and mechanism to retract'the locking device.

10. In a striking-machine, an indicating device, a rack-bar, anindicator-actuating rod carried by said bar, means to cushion the said 5rod, a pawl to'engage the rack-bar, mechanism to retract said pawl, atrain of levers to.

actuate the rack-bar, and a striking-pad to actuate said levers.

11. In a striking-machine, an indicating device, a'rack-bar, anindicator-actuating rod carried by said rack-bar made in two parts, aspring intervening between the adjacent ends of said rod, a housing forthe adjacent ends of said rods and the intervening spring,

a locking device, mechanism to actuate thelocking device, astriking-pad, and means actuated by said pad to elevate the rack-bar.

12. In a striking-machine, the combination of a case, an. indicatingdevice,-a bell-crank lever, an additional lever to actuate said device,a supporting-plate within the case with which said lovers are engaged, astriking-pad having a yielding engagement with said case to actuate saidlevers, a locking device, and

mechanism to actuate the locking device.

13 In a striking mechanism, the combinae 'tion of a case, an indicatingdevice, arackv 14. In astrikingemachine, the combination of a case, asupporting-plate, a train of lovers 'engagedwith said plate, anindicating device, I a rack-bar to actuate said device actuated'by saidlevers, means to actuate said levers, a locking device to engage therack-bar, mechanism to retract the locking device, said indicatingdevice provided with a dial, a ratchet- J wheel, and an arm jupontheshaft of the ratchet-wheel actuated bythe'elevation of the'rack-bar.v V I In testimonywhereof we sign this specification in the presenceoftwo witnesses.

CHARLES J. THENAN.

WALTER A. NOURSE.

Witnesses;

D. J GILLAM, W. G. Trrus.

